#978AEC#978AEC

#978AEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.142 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978AEC
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 236)
HSL	hsl(248, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(248, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 41.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, 27.33, -47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 55.12, 299.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.0442 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.142 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9872, 30.8113, 83.3390)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978AEC #DFEC8A

analogous

#8AAEEC #978AEC #C88AEC

triadic

#978AEC #EC978A #8AEC97

tetradic

#978AEC #EC8AAE #DFEC8A #8AECC8

square

#978AEC #EC8AAE #DFEC8A #8AECC8

split-complementary

#978AEC #ECC88A #AEEC8A

monochromatic

#3B23D8 #6855E3 #978AEC #C6BFF5 #E8E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#978AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#978AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978AEC

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978AEC	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A99F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6994EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819DB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.142 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acf2',
    500: '#978aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978aec;
$custom-light: #b9acf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.959,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68617,
    "c": 0.14166,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978AEC

secondary

#EFF2D9

accent

#D411BA

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #978AEC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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